2024 Summer Institute on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
This year's theme: Preparing for Next Steps: Navigating the Educational Journey from Early Intervention to High School and Beyond
This year’s program provides evidence-based information and practical tools for supporting transitions across the lifespan for people with intellectual and developmental conditions. The keynote will be co-presented by a researcher and person with lived experience who have worked together to develop transition strategies for students. They will share key findings related to successful school transitions and ways to incorporate self-determination strategies to ensure inclusion of students in planning and goal settings. A panel discussion by individuals across ages with developmental conditions will share personal perspectives and experiences with transitions across throughout their educational journey. The varied backgrounds and lived experiences of panelists will address topics around challenges and successes with different transitions and the best ways to ensure student voices are heard in the process.
The afternoon will include multiple workshops exploring different areas of transition such as understanding diploma pathways, navigating the transition from early intervention to the education system, parent advocacy across ages and stages, and building partnerships and collaborations. These workshops will provide opportunities for discussion and hands-on practice with transition tools.
Keynotes
Navigating Transitions: Promoting Self-Determination and Meaningful Lives
- Karrie A. Shogren, Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities and Distinguished Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas
- Ben Edwards, Assistant Researcher, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
Date: Friday, July 19, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento
Registration will open on or around the 2nd week in May 2024.